A word about parenting
Another gem circulating in email: Whenever your child is out of control, take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children, Adam and Eve. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was “DON’T!”
Florida hurricane preparations
Well, June is here, and that means hurricane season. It also means it’s time for this handy list of hints that makes its way through the e-mail rounds each year. As always, if this is yours and you want me to take it down, just let me know. **************************** We’re about to enter the hurricane [...]
A bad day in the Empire
I’d hate to be Darth Vader calling home to explain that the Death Star’s been blown up by … well, just watch it: And kudos to Techrepublic for managing to tie this into a discussion on Disaster Recovery and meeting ettiquette.
Revisionist Compromise
Oh, for the days when all we had to worry about were shoebox dioramas of great moments in history. Hehehe.
Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings
I actually found the several days ago, but the server was so overloaded it was eventually taken down. So here it is again, this time from its original source. I’m not really quite sure what to say about this particular piece. I’ll just tell you it’s pretty funny, and that somebody has way too much [...]
When algorithms go bad
Chris Pirillo points out a funny little quirk in Google’s Adsense results. Interestingly, if you Google “miserable failure“, they have enough sense to make their first Adsense ad Why these results?. So at least they’re not oblivious.
Leap Second Lovers Are Traitors Says Bill O’Reilly
I love Steve Martin. He is so straight, sometimes you forget that he’s making comedy. Check out his version of Bill O’Reilly.
Everyone’s a grammarian
I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately, which has made me very aware of personal biases that I have. For example, I always use “for example” instead of “for instance”, because I was taken to task on it by an editor who said that it would cause confusion based on the use of the [...]
It’s a Big Ad
I love it when advertising doesn’t take itself seriously. Check out this very big
Stupid crimes and misdemeanors
Some people just have more time than brains. Check out the Stupid Crimes and Misdemeanors on Courttv.com. Technorati tags: fun | humor | humour | crime